.... November 8, 1923
fill's 13 '
dement From the Board of
Education of Cabarrus County j
, ■ I'abarnis County:
I*, the ' ■ >ii: ii a question of far-
I i»n N"; ~i:w ill c ome before the
. ; • *'ounty for settle
l .'W l ' . ;i ni:ure of school leg-
last Legislature.
|4jfi' ,n !■ 'ration of Cabarrus
|; r Boan ( • ] , j 1( . County Com-
l‘ ;l ' an election far a
I - school lax. not to
I(#3Bty• vo«>ne hundred dol-
Lj-oi .-*•* , , rty. in -order to
Ur- va ' :;J ~(• High Schools and
.nnentary schools of
, nan ion has been grant -
[ iSf ~|| ! !I, ( Y _ , ~f ' - ■; >s called f<h* Nt>-
w hr!' llOfic •
" . . v v !i the law. the Hoard
!i-• , v ', ~,c; ti'd the county and
bs- tei r ' ! t | lt . District Conimit
is x I. ; il have boon kept
!»• i‘ _• mi locate High
;i , will have the requi-
S : . :iU |iils to insure efficieu
111in maintenance: and
•M-hools in such ratlit
< j;i■ ■:.. as- accessible as
lie necessary o vst
a linwn to tlie minimum.
-f*™' 1 ;.- ij — if the election carries.
rr;.. Ip* :i!'» • • ,
j in-!. Schools sufficient in
t,? 7',';“."-.,; - .rli standard grade that
the county will be
rX ‘ Cj , ( ji Srii h'l edneati in in the
iIT " ' . w it(tilt *!'c a'onahle distance
!• is furthermore planned
V' .ii,. elementary schools. In
i:,,. rd hdieves it will be
I (BPE l»l AN K\ KXTUAL
| P IKNT NOT COST
I fmH |, \ni!iass:id»r Spent 20 Minutes
■ Vitfc President Coolidge This Moming.
■ u’'[<!iin« : "!i. \m <>. —With a ~com-
B , . ( if tie conflicting views
1 Kui'.O 1 ati allies hefoi-e it. the
i today weighed
■ -i-ik tin- «iue<tilm whether the
I tor ha' i <1 to American aid in
B . , ruM .f !•;::> -ations inquiry. In no
■ .... ~ , i !! > authentic indiea-
B |inu ■' at dc'-isioii would he reaeh-
I , r what <iir'eelion the opinions of
I r itS< - was tending. It was appar-
B. iimvi'Vt r, that hope of an eventual
■ ha, no been lost. Shortly be-
I- i*j-i ' licet Cooi'idge and his cabinet
issmbUi fi.j tin- regular Tuesday morn-.
Ir ec tig. Ambassador .lussevand of
I p K »iT !■;,ii.eil at the White House. an<l
I vo iiev v. iiimthe Chief Elect!--
Inv lh* >aa] he had come primarily to
I» v jgs re>!»cri>. but left the inquirers
I >i irm tlu'ir own inference as to what
I ~-it> l:.ni been discussed.
I THE STATE PARENT
I TEACHERS’ association
-Abcnt gixt Pelrgates Are in Attendance
At First .Meeting Today.
IfitC-ion-Salem. Nov. <*. —Meetings of,
■ Jjkinl of Managers at 2 o'clock tftis,
li-HtSu'-ii was an intdhfUiVtfnu t» thA
’Lric csesi.i(»ij ijip it* of the fcfl|te
i : ’Whom 2RO
tlsSit'. an* in attendance, and the cou
en’tj® evmrses to be one of the largest
s"<dp •! ifiip »rtant held vet by the or-
S*iis»t'"U. The liist session will open
it s o'chuk tonight when feature ad
’s "ill lie iuade by A. T. Ajletii. 'stato
s. rt-iutcntlciiT of Public lnsLruclit>h..,
‘•lr-nrics will be extended bv Mavor
'b Haynes, and Mrs. K. «. Lu-t
f.i-i^idi-ni of the Woman's Club.
I'yv will lie responded to- by Mrs. Kay
’•Ei Itinfonl. if trii’lford t'ollege.
WANKMIIVINt; PKOCLAAIATIOX
HA PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
iitf Aear lla> Hinught to the American
Two Tragic Experiences,
C ;< Nov. o. —President
Ihanksgiving Day jiroclama
•'"ito ti'dav from the White House
! Hid that the year has brought,
Ainerjeaii people two tragic ex
'li. death of President Hard
• .la[>unese earthquake—hut
'Aperienit's serve to test and
t ml nations. During the
l»roelamatinn. says, the na
r, 1, ; i:,v bb-sed with much of ma
“ a: li|iK|„.].jt y.
T ' vf -HVE R II, LED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
Uwihst,\\. Pi„ Nov. fi. —Twelve
■' uu been taken from a shaft mine
“ th r. Kaleigh-Wynming (dal Co., at
in « "-vnining I’nunty. in which
! .' '"Stirred t his morning, and
■ i ;ii is entertained for Thirty men
. the workings, the State De
fl",,lnu Mims reported today.
fd lie Arrested «;n the SjKit.
A" v '‘ complaints
j'tißfj : ; 1 a '' i,a .ngc in th<’ methods of
• igaiiiM speeders in Wake
- to an aniiounceinetrt
i-,,...,, I \ Sheriff Joe Lowe,
k " Coniplaint lias
' tli" mailing of notices
with speeding, in a
t,,., ' the < marges being dis
ii . ' lii gt il offender pleaded
• h t !te future pssed
a’ n sted on the spot and
I nearest' magistrate.
nicie will he abandoned.
i' 1 1 v|- ,» - . .
1 hit* Inn to Be Elected To
i;... x . ,la >>
I-. _. oters of the second
... .^o ' "'ill go to Hie polls
%:• -1 ndge John. H. Kerr.
"I'-ccMsor | i the late Itep
■ Kiieh'.n. Judge Kerr,
' on. was recently de
ni" nominee following
1 1 1 t». Allsbrpok. who
''cent primary. The
l“v fJ r ( .- ' "id merely forjiie pur
'vith the i.-iAV.
Efcief i.'. . ”
' ' mur ' "f Railroad La|»or Or
s«uii2ation> (o Aleet.
"’-(i p,., 11 •* (By the Asso
l“ ' "'‘‘'‘ting of the chief
•' f n, '•’* 11 standard railroad
"tor the purpose of
railroad legislation
?h,. . ( . M xv 'tli matters to come
t, "art..,. s "’‘gi'-ss" ims been eajled
~ r' , t l:t!-i, ,„| ' / t ,ros ident of the
ui \\- 1 '"'"tnot• ve Engineers,'
- n M'odnesday morn
-1 • 'lr. Stone announced
3... ' ,Ul ' " ~1 U( ' “
i, ‘‘ i, ‘ the V..-.' amo,l « -^ le <*«u<li*
~ J r ' house of the Mary
coming election.
f< und feasible lo retain the present ele
mentary nr bools so that the smaller chil
dren may attend school close at home.
_ The Board calculates that with pres
ent valuation of property the above pro
gram can be out with 2.1 cents
on the hundred dollars valuation of prop
erty. and it i v < flip intention of the Board
to make the rate 2o cents.
The county-wide system has decided
advantages. It makes equal provision
for all. It discriminates against none.
Moreover, it will put Cabarrus county
on a parity with the most progressive
counties in the State educationally, and
at a smaller cost.
Cabarrus county holds 4 high rank in
Ihe State agriculturally and industrially.
The proposed county-wide system of
Schools would bring our county up with
the best educationally. It is not more
than our boys and girls deserve. It is
in the interest of the whole people and
the issue rests with the imople.
No county or pimple have ever been
hurt or impoverished by making provi
sion for good schools. Will not Ca
barrus voters see to it that our school
system is taken care of? The registra
tion books close Saturday, November
10th. Let all friends of public educa
tion register and east their votes, for
this measure.
\X . U. ODELL, di airmail*
AY. F. SMITH.
<: f. McAllister.
The Board of Education of Cabarrus
County.
SAY HARTNELL TO
GET THE AXE NEXT
Rc|Krt From Charlotte is Denied by
President Brooks of State College.
KaleigTi News & Observer.
Questioned as to the statement sent
out from Charlotte to the effect that
Harry Hartsell. would soon be discon
tinued as football coach at X. C. State.
Dr, E. C. Brooks, president of the insti
tution. said las; .mglit: “There lias been
no move whafsover ns to the removal of
i Hartsell as coach at State College so far
as I know and I believe that if there
had been any such moveHby alumni, stu
dents of faculty. 1 would know of it.
I know that the’matter is the subject of
much talk but so far as I know there
has been no definite move made in the
affair. If anything is done it will be
sometime A egvly next year when a head
coach is elected.”
The rumor that Hartsell would be re
moved as coach at State College lias per
sisted ever since the poor showing made
by the Wolfpaek in the Carolina game.
On Monday the News and Observer said
that the matter was much discussed by
studeiits. faculty and alumni of State
College but nothing definite had taken
place str far as cnnlfl be learned. Such
still seems- to be the ease.
‘flaying Phonograph Stay Cure AH Evils.
Kington. every body’s,
doing wl#it‘ was’ utaTted at Caswell
i TrainitME HAvool last' year.- Leastwise,
hundreds are. throughout the countiy.
At the .school, following out a sugges
tion- from Suporiiitvttdoat 4’. Hanks Me-
Xairy. the dairy staff played a big phon
ograph at milking time to determine if
, dOtys. .sqotjied by soft
lirusic, • woinld give 'fijon*> lhilk. They
di(T. '' TtecfioTs Av'CiT carf'fiiHT keyrt. T>r.
, had told; a conference of health
workers here tliat a ,cow sjiould never
he cuffeiE or fussed at ; instead, a cow's
nervous system was complex' and should
not he irritated. It .had been proved
that rough treatment would excite "Bos
sy. ” and it stood to reason that kindness
and music wopld have the opposite effect.
Now flic Caswell school experiment is
being followed in many parts of the
United States, according to advices had
here, with good results.
At Washington. D. C„ hospital. Dr.
McXairy has b<*en informed, anesthetics
are being administered to patients about
to be operated on to the strains of phon
ograph music- . The patients "drop off"
more contentedly. This departure has
passed the stage of, innovation and has
become a regular thing, it is understood.
Fcrget-Mc-Xot Day Will Be Nation-
Wide.
Throughout the length and breadth of
the Unified Stattes school children are
making millions of tiny forget-me-nots,
of hits of doth and paper, t > be sold on
Saturday. November 10th. for the benefit
of the 100.000 manned ami broken Amer
ican veterans of the AA’oTld W ar.
Forget-Me-Not Day has become a Na
tional affair, and what is being done here
to underwrite the successful sale of the
tmy flower# this year *s being done in
thousands of cities.and towns in all
parts of the country. f
None so busy, none so poor but can
pause a nflpinent on Forget-Me-Not Day
to buy onejof the little emblems—or dus
ter —for tile bentit of the boys who
crossed the seas hac k in UH7-lUIB to mix
in the big fight in the cause of human
ity.
•The money raised will be devoted to
assisting all wounded or disabled Amer
ican veterans of the AA'orld War no mat
ter what their affiliations with veterans’
organizations.
New Officers of American Legion.
Officer? - were elected for the year 11124
on Tuesday night of the Fred Y. McCon
nell Post of American nLegion, resulting
as follows: !
Jins. T. Cjine. Post Commander.
M. S. AYard. First A'ice Commander. |
Clyde' Propst. Second A’ice Commander.
Y. Walter, Adjutant.
B.' U. Blaekwelder. Finance Officer, i
Dr. J. A. Shnuers, historian.
J. Lee Crowell. Jr.. Service Officer.
J. B. Corl, ‘Sergeant-at-Arms.
Executive- Committee- —Buy Hoover,
Jeter McDonald. I*'ml Illume, Chas. A. 1
Cook. AA’ade Kluttz. f
The* annual duos are to remain at $4.00
for the year .1024. The meeting was
well attended.
Impertinence. * *
He'(to lady ip ultra gown)—'‘Do you
like wearing evening dress?”
She—'”l feel that nothing is more be
eomiug to jne.”
He—“l have no doubt of it. but
wouldn't that he going to extremes?”
The National Society of Colonial
Dames of America has undertaken to
raise a $106.1000 endomineut fund for
the preservation of Sulgrave Manor, the
ancestral home of George AA ashiugtou in
England. ... .
Berlin Faces New Disaster
As Gamblers Loot Gold Loan
Berlin, Nov. 7.—-Th"ough its own stu
pidity—-not to put it Any stronger—the
German givernment is faced with a finan
cial catastrophe worse than any that
has preceded" it.
It ha.,? been looted of the new typ.s of
so-called Ersatz dollars and of gold loan
issues by groups of speculators reaching
into the highest German financial cir
cles. The speciMatoix have German)
finance completely in their power. For 1
several days The AA’orld correspondent,
in his despatches has been putting this 1
as strong as he is able to offer proof. j
Today the Socialist organ A’orwaerts.
which has been telling some plain truths
since the Socialists left the government,
comes out with the story, and even the
Berliner Tageblatt teiU part of it. Un-'
der the title “Gold Lean Scandal—Specu
lation at Government Cost,” A'orwaerts
says that Germany, through Reiehsbank !
policies, lias "lost millions of gold marks." ,
The long Yorwaerts story explain*-
how the government accepted paper!
marks for gold coins on the Bourse, fix- j
DINNER TIME STORIES.
Years ago when Henry U. Johnson was
representative in Congress from Indiana,
he often had occasion to display his skill
in debate. One ‘day while engaged in a
hot argument with an Illinois congress
man he called him an ass. This was un
parliamentary. of course, and lrad to he
withdrawn. Pursuant to the order of the
speaker, Mr. Johnson said: "1 withdraw
the language I used. Mr. Speaker, but I
insist that the gentleman from Illinois is
out of order,”
“How am I out of order?" demanded
the Illinois man wi'.’i considerable heat.
“Probably a veterinary surgeon c»l
tell you.” retorted Johnson. This was
parliamentary, and went into the Record.
Home James.
The flivver taxi came to a sudden halt
in the middle of the street and the male
passenger poked his head out.
“What’s the matter?” he demanded
shsarply.
"I thought I heard the young lady
within call ‘Stop!’ said the driver.
"Well, what of it? She didn’t liaye
to bo talking to you. did she?"
City of Surprises.
AA'ashiiigton Star.
“Are scientists right in saying the
mountains of California are moving?"
"I don't know,” answered Miss Cay
enne.. “Maybe they only seem that way I
to people who have lingered around Hol
lywood."
“The doqtor says lie'll remove tuy ap
pendix for fifteen hundred dollars.”
“Oh, George I'd much rather have a
touring car.”
Mrs. A’aii Twtller (who mistakes Dr.
Jovial for a physician) And when* do
you practice, doctor?
The Rev,* Dr. Jovialy-Ah. madam, I
<io not practice; I only preach.
Majr: “AVhat would your do for chap-J
pod lips?”
Ray : “Eat lots of onions.”
May: "Onions!” *- •
Ray r “Yes that might to keep tlm
cliuips off your lips."
After effecting an entrance into the
hank, the hnrglnr found his way to the
strong room. AYhen the light from his
lantern fell on the door ho say tin*
sign :
“Save your dynamite. The safe is
not locked. Turn the knob and open/’
For a momenf lie ruminated. "Any
how. there's no harm in trying it, if
it, really is open.” He grasped the
knob and turned it.
Distantly the office was flooded with
light, an alarm bell rang loudly, an elec
tirc shock rendered him helpless, while
a panel in the wall opened and out
rushed a bulldog which seized him.
An hour later, when the cell door
closed oti him, he sighed : "I know what’s
wrong with me. I'm too trusting. I
have too much faith in human nature.”
Mistress (to cook)—Mary, I w the
milkman kiss yen this morning. From
now oil I will get the milk myself.
Mary—lt won't do you no good. nimn.
He’s promised to me and he sfiys that
Ire won A kiss no one else.
Air. V ussy—Here waiter, bring me a
spoon for my coffee.
Waiter—Sorry, sir. but we don’t serve
them—the music here is so stirrityj.
Don't regret too • much your ups and
down: after all, the only man who has
none is in the cemetery.
Comparative Expenditures in Edu
cation
I
From a report sent out by Supt. Allen for the different
counties of tire State and showing- the per capita cost per
county for educating the children of the State we glean the
following facts :
During the scholastic year 1921-22 for each* pupil in
average attendance
Cabarrus County spent $2(>.02
Rowan County spent 25.0!)
Stanly County spent 34.89
Union County spent jo.nl
Alecklenburg County spent 51.02
Iredell County spent 1T.05
'Of all the one hundred counties hi "the State only
nineteen spent less than Cabarrus county, and eighty spent
from twenty cents to eighty-eight dollars and
cents per pupil more than Cabarrus. The average spent
per pupil for the whole State was $39.03 or $13.61 more
than Cabarrus spent. These figures prove two things First,
that the schools of Cabarrus have been and are economi
cially administered; second, that in order to have better
schools we must have more money.
If we want our children to have school advantages
equal to the cither progressive counties of the State, we
must register and vote ‘For Special Tax" on November
20th. Old Cabarrus has never yet taken a back seat in the
Ilall of Progress. Shall we do so now?
The Registration Books close Saturday! evening, No
vember 10th.
H
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i>
THE CONCORD TIMES
ing the price in advance and accent : ng
vastly depreciated paper marks days lit
er when the actual gold Fan bonds had
been delivered. A’orwaerts estimattes
the Reiehsbank got paid only SIOO for
every SI,OOO gold loan bind delivered.
To make matters worse, honest manu
facturers. who actually needed foreign
moneys’ were refused.
The Berliner Tageblatt tells the story
thus:
1 “On one side the Reiehsbank sold gold
| loans, which it did not yet have, at a
fixed mark price to Bourse speculators
and delivered them later at tiiis fixed
price when paper marks had enormously
depreciafced, and thereby the Reich took
| enormous losses through devaluation
Ou the other side the Reiehsbank re
, fused to accept the legit'mate demand.'!
| of the manufacturers for gold loan bonds.
. which they needed for immediate use
and for which they wen 1 willing to pay
. immediately the full paper mark price
| of the day.”
THE ELECTIONS-TUESDAY
Dale Wins in Vermont. —Kentucky Dem
ocratic.—Republican Mayor in Phila
delphia. 1
Complete returns show that former
Representative Dale. Republican, was
elected yesterday a Senator fr< m A’er
mont. to succeed late Senat r Dil
linghtlin, also a Republican. This was
the only senatorial contest in the country
in yesterday’s "off year" election and
gives the Republicans a majority cf six
in the Senate.
Incomplete returns indicate the elec
tion of William J. Fields. Democrat, as
Governor cf Kentucky, and gave Gover
nor Ritchie. Democrat, of Maryland, a
lead for re-election. In the only other
gubernatorial vacancy 11. L. AA’ljitfield.
Denied at, was named governor of Mis
sissippi without opposition.
Seven of nine vacancies in the House
of Representatives were filled the only
possible upset being the apparent elec
tion in tin* 24th New York district of
fomierc Representative Fairchild. Re
publican. who wits defeated a year tig > by
J. Vincent Ganly, Democrat, now dead.
The Democrats retained congressi uial
seas in the lltli and Kith New York,
second North Uarolina. and fou/th Illi
nois districts, while the Republicans held
their own in the ."2nd New York and
second Vermont districts. On the faces
1 of these results the lineup in the next
! house will be Repub! s eans, 2'_ , .‘i: Demo
crats, 20.»: Socialist, 1 ; Independent. 1 :
and Farmer-Laborite '1 — a Republican
majority of 17. with two vacancies still
to he filled.
The Republicans retained their major
ity in the New York assembly, incom
plete return,>indicating that the Demo
crats had lost at least six seats upstate.
In a number of states mayoralty con
tests shared in the public intercut with
j various state-wide -referendum proposals,
jin Philadelphia, the Republicans elect*
ed AA’. Freeland Kendrick mayor by an
j overwhelming majority, while in Detrod
Mayor Doremus. formerly a Democrati:
member of Congress, was re-elected.
Pennsylvania voters looked wirli favor
on a proposal to issue' S3>().O<MMM)O in
bonds on highway improvements, while
A’jrginia a similar measure was reject
ed.
Next Step in Aviation.
Berlin. Nov. <!.—AV4ld game will have
a hard time when airplane manufactur
ers get their latest ideas in limiting ma
chines worked out. Birds and animals
without adequate shelters will have no
chance at„ all.
"Noiseless" machines, able to turn 20
different ways from a height 200 meters
and continue their flight calmly at oO
meters above the earth were the marvels
of the Gothenherg aircraft exhibition,
according to the German engineers just
returned from Sweden.
Aon Loessal, the German engineer,
whose new pwncjples, of construction at
tracted much attention at the Gotlien
berg exposition, is of the opinion tlml
Ihe most important development in air
traffic will come about thrmigh the con
struction of a very small plane* of about
20 horsepower, capable _of carrying two
persons—in other words rtn air taxi
which the* business man can hire* when
ever he wants to make a hurried trip.
The magnitude of the Esettrial. the
great Spanish palace, may he inferred
I from the fact that : t would take four
days to go through all the* rooms and
apartments.
Purity is not innocence, but conquest.
Tae-t is the talent of talents.
|Pfg
! H| rwso**
. l,SRjQwN
BEGUN HERB TOD AX
. Bess Gilbert, Ned Cornet and the
latter's fiancee, Lenore Harden
worth, are shipwrecked. They take
refuge on an island occupied by a
brute named Doomedorf and his In
dian wife. The master of the island
takes Ned and the two girls pris
oners and Informs them that he
means to make them slave for him.
Bess and Ned. with but very little
help from Lenore, bund a cabin and
Doomsdorf gives them an old stove.
When the cabin is finished Bess and
Ned are sent on different routes to
do the winter trapping for their
master.
Lenore Is allowed to remain and
help the squaw with the housework.
Ned falls into a deep crevice and
Bess rescues him. The two make
plans to escape from the Island.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STOEY
XXVII
WHEN food and warmth had
„ brought complete recovery,
Ned took up with Bess the
problem of deliverance from the
Island. He found that for weeks she
had been thinking along the same
line, and like him, she had as yet
failed to hit upon any plan that of
fered the least chance for success.
The subject held them late into the
night.
They took different trails In the
dawn, following the long circle of
their trap lines. All the way they
pondered on this same problem, con
ceiving a plan only to reject It be
cause of some unsurmountable ob
stacle to its success: dwelling upon
the project every hour and dream
ing about it at night. But Ned was
far as ever from a conclusion when,
three days later, he followed the
beach on the way to the home cabin.
He bad watched with deadened in
terest the drama of the wild things
about him these last, days; but when
ho was less than a mile from home
h© had cause to remember it again.
To his great amazement he found at
the edge of the ice the fresh track
of one of the large island bears.
The sight of the great Imprint was
a welcome one to Ned, not alone be
cause the wakening forecasted, per
haps, an early spring, but because he
was in immediate need of bear fur.
His own coat was worn; besides, he
was planning a suit of clod-proof
garments for Lenore, to be used per
haps in their final flight across the
ice. And he saw at once that con
ditions were favorable for trapping
the great creature.
Scarcely a quarter of a mile ahead,
in a little pass that led through the
shore crags down to the beach,
Doomsdorf had left one of his most
powerful bear traps. Ned had seen
it many times as he had clambered
through on a short cut to the cabin.
Because it lay in a natural runway
for game—one of the few spots
where the shore crags could be easi
ly surmounted—it was at least pos
sible that the huge bear might full
into it, on his return to his lair in
the hills.
Ned hurried on, and in a few mo
ments had dug out the great trap !
from its covering of snow. For a mo j
ment he actually doubted his pow»rj
to set it. It was of obsolete type ;
mighty-springed, and its jaws wc-*"j
of a width forbidden by all laws <>t
trapping in civilized lands, yet N*-d
did not doubt its. efficiency. Jt?
mighty irons had rusted; but no;
even a bear’s incalculable might !
could shatter them.
This was not to be a bait set. ,-<r
his success depended upon the *kii
with which he concealed the trap
First he carefully refilled the t-v
cavation he had made in digging our
the trap; then he dug a shallow hole
in the snow in the narowest part or
the pass. Here he set the trap, util- j
izing all the power of his mighty j
muscles, and spread a light covering j
of snow above.
It was a delicate piece work, j
Ned had no wish for the cruel jaws j
to snap shut as he was working above
them. But his heart was in the ven- I
ture, for all his hatred of the cruelty
«
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PRESBYTERIANS TO DIBCTSH
EXPANSION OF CHURCH WORK
National Conference to He Held at Cleve
land December 3.
Cleveland. Nov. 7.—Expansion of the
work of the Presbyterian churches of
America will be undertaken at the nat
ional conference of tin* denomination here
Beginning December 7 and continuing
through the week. Speakers internation
ally known as educators and church ex
ecutives will discuss missionary educa
tion. benevolences, stewardships and oth
er denominational matters.
Dr. Charles F. Wishart, moderator, is
scheduled for tin* principal address at
the opening session. '
Morning worship on December 4 will
be conducted by Dr. Silas Evans, presi
dent of Kipon college.
Foreign missions v ill be the topic at
an evening meeting December .7. with
Dr. Robert E. making the princi
pal address.
Missionary education, ministerial re
lief and sustentation will occupy the pro
gTom December ti, the closing day. (ien
eral Secretary Henry B. piastre will
preside at an evening session which will
be devoted to consideration of the' work
of the board of ministerial relief, and sns
tentation.
About UK). (HIO Negroes Hate Gone
North From the South.
New York. Nov. 7.—Surveying the
present migratory movement of negroes
to the north which lias stirred students!
of sociology, the national industrial con- 1
ferenec board, an organization affiliated
with many large manufacturing con
cerns, tonight, issued a report asserting
that this year about 100.000 negroes bad
lefts their homes in the south- The
present movement, the_j:eport set forth
‘“is almo wholly industrial and has
been to a considerable extent induced by
the shortage of common labor in the
north.”
The board found that the normal an-
of the device; and he covered up hie
tracks with veteran’s akffl. Then he
quietly withdrew, retracing hto steps
and following the shore line torpid
the home cabin.
Surely the mighty strength that
had set the powerful spring and the
skill that covered up all traces of his
work could succeed at last in freeing
him from slavery.
Bess had reached the shelter first,
and she was particularly relieved to
see Ned’s tall form swinging toward
her along the shdre. Doomsdorf was
In a particularly ominous mood to
night. The curious glitter in. his
magnetic eyes was more pronounced
than she had ever seen It —catlike In
the shadows, steely In the lantern
light; and his cruel savagery was
just at the surface, ready to bo wak
ened. Worst of all, the gaze he bent
toward her was especially eager to
night, horrible to her as the cold
touch of a reptile.
Every time she glanced up she
found him regarding her, and he fol
lowed her with his eyes when she
moved. Yet she dared not seek shel
ter in the new cabin, for the simple
IT WAS A STRANGE PICTURE.
reason that she was afraid Dooms
dorf would follow her there. Until
Ned came, her defense was solely
the presence of Lenore and the
squaw.
There was no particular warmth in
her meeting with Ned. Doomsdorf s
eyes were still uion her, and she
was'careful to keep any hint of the
new understanding on' of her face
and eyes. Ned's, weather-ben ;en
countenance a? ~ a.-*.oitK-.sa
as Sindy’s own
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nual movement was about 10,000. Dur- j
ing 15)10 and 1017. however, it was !
estimated that, in a wave of hysteria,
the south, as “whole comimiuities, en
tire streets of people and even chdrch
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PAGE SEVEN
table, aa If In ths beginning of laugh
ter. “That’s not what I mean, and
you know it. You’d sooner walk ten
miles through the snow than give an
inch, wouldn’t you?” His hand
readied, closing gently upon her
arm, end a shiver of repulsion passed
over her. VThat’s a fine little muscle
—but you don’t want to work It off.
Why don’t you show a little friend
ship?”
The girl looked with difficulty into
his great, drawn face. Ned stiff
ened, wondering If the moment of
crisis were at hand at last. Lenore
watched appalled, but the native
went on about her tasks as If she
hadn’t heard.
“You can't expect—much friend
ship—from a prisoner,” Bess told him
brokenly. Her face, so white In the
yellow lantern light, her trembling
Ups, most of all the appeal for mercy
In her child’s eyes—raised to this
beast compared with whom even the
North was merciful—wakened surg
ing, desperate anger In Ned. The
room turned red before his eyes, his
muscles quivered, and he was rapid
ly reaching that point wherein his
self-control, on which life Itself de
pended, was jeopardized. Yet he
mast hold himself with an Iron hand.
He must wait to the last instant of
need. Everything depended on that,
in avoiding the crisis until he had
made some measure of preparation.
“Your little friend seems to be get
ting nervous,” he remarked easily to
Bess. ‘‘So not to disturb him fur
ther, let’s you and I go to the new
cabin. I’ve taken some fine pelts
lately—l want you to see them. You
need a new coat.”
He seemed to be aware of the
gathering suspense, and it thrilled
his diseased nerves with exultation.
But there was. from his listeners,
but one significant response at first
to the evil suggestion that he made
with such iniquitous fires in his wild
eyes and such a strange, suppressed
tone In his voice. Bess’ expression
did not change. It had already re
vealed the uttermost depths of
Ned still held himself, cold,
now. as a serpent, waiting fpr hie
chance. But the squaw paused a
single'instant in her work. For one
breath they failed to hear the clatter
of her pans. But seemingly indiffer
ent, she immediately went back to
her toiL
Bess shook her head in desperate
appeal. “Wait till morning,” she
pleaded. "I’m tired now—”
Ned saw by the gathering fury oif
their master’s face that her refusal
would only bring qn the crisis, so
he leaped swiftly into the breach.
“Sure. Bess, let s go to look at them,”
he sgid. "I'm anxious to see ’em,
too—' 1
Doomsdorf whirled to hiip, and hts
gaze was as a trial of fire to Ned.
Yet the latter did not flinch. Fore
long second they regarded each
other In implacable hatred, and then
Doomsdorfs sudden start told that
h e had been visited by Inspiration.
Mi? leering look of contempt was al
most a smile. “Sure, come along,”
be said. "I’ve got something to say
you. too. To spare Lenore’s feel
:r''v—we ll go to the other cabin.”
.Wri was not in the least deceived
• n !.< reference to Lenore. Doom*
. iiad further cause, other than
••■■d 'or Lenore’* sensibilities, for
ur v their conversation in the
• n. What it was Ned did
and he dared not think.
■ o-i .< vague impression that
<o,i had waged
—of eyes, Bess had myo
-noved from her position.
" her Just at Doomsdorf*
be saw her again she
'• feet distant, within *
•of- cupboards where-the
ot.onv of the food suv
< v was busy with her
•«’u skin.
»*\ out into the clear,
• wui one of those still,
oter evenings, not ao
« ren, when tbs frosen,
• id gave no image of
'i v senses. The snow
velvet depths of the
•i Hashing with a thou
•»"girjg hues from the
of the Northern
Uovt-d and held by this
<i! never grows old to the
;<• r. m-m. Doomsdorf halted
ia.-t without the cabin door.
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j imper taut industrial eeutertt.” f
The earth is gradually losing speed
owing to the friction of the titles. The
days are now half a second longer than
they were in 1.>27.
lie\. G. a. Martin vat* u visitor in
Charlotte Tuesday.